bijou

Example Sentences

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“Watermark is also a must,” says Maul of the bijou bookstore.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022

The bijou dwelling is an example of what campaigners say is a growing phenomenon of micro-homes, driven by high rent and property prices.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2022

We do not wonder that Mr. Morton’s face beams in satisfaction when he contemplates the result of his labors to make his new “club house” the bijou of the town.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2019

Now, the company has reinterpreted that iconic bijou for modern times.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2017

It was such a quaint, bijou, attractive little piece that Katrine promptly fell in love with it.

From The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life by Brazil, Angela